BISHKEK (TCA) — After Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev last week ordered the General Prosecutor’s Office to renew the investigation into the legality of the 2003-2004 and 2009 agreements governing the country’s largest gold project, Kumtor, Canada-based Centerra Gold Inc. has made a statement to make its “position on this matter to be clear so as to avoid any misinformation or misunderstanding”.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — On 30 September 2016, Bishkek will host, for the second time, the Day of German Economy with the purpose to attract the attention of German companies to Kyrgyzstan and sum up the results of German companies already operating in the country, the German Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on June 23 and 24, where he would also seek the support of Russia, Kazakhstan, and China for India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — An-OSCE supported conference attended by some 100 participants from 20 countries on international cooperation in countering terrorist and extremist organizations through the use of modern communication technologies concluded on June 18 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek reported.  

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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas.

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BISHKEK (TCA) — As Central Asian countries face a growing potential military threat from Islamic terrorism based in Afghanistan, we are republishing the following article by Aleksandr Golts, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor:

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